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Dr Paul Leyland
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<p class=”wp-dark-mode-bg-image”>Wonderful to see this photographic record before the jet age and commercialised eclipse tours. Travellers dressed in their finery during the long adventure, rather than in today’s casual wear.<br class=”wp-dark-mode-bg-image”>
I say chaps, how about playing quoits at the Winchester Weekend or the Christmas Meeting? 1900s dress code not obligatory.

I have a croquet set somewhere …